Privacy Policy

Last updated on 20/04/2016

Maps Plus Ltd. is dedicated to protecting your privacy no matter which of our services, apps, or websites you use.

You can find out more about the basis on which your personal data will be collected and processed by referring to our Privacy Policy below. By the end, you should clearly understand how we will view and deal with your personal data.

By using our services you are accepting and consenting to let us view and process the personal information you provide. We will only do this in accordance with this Privacy Policy, our Cookies Policy, our website Terms of Use, Service Terms and Conditions, and app user Terms and Conditions.

If you're looking for information relating to the Data Protection Act 1998, you might need to know that the data controller is Maps Plus Ltd., a company registered in Bulgaria with registered company number 203580731 whose registered office is located at Ground Floor, 11 Debar Street, Varna, 9000.

We might also process your financial and credit card information, as well as your personal description, details of your household or business, details of any pets you might have, and any additional information that you may choose to offer. We may also store information gleaned from any photographs that we take of your property, or that you supply.

The times where we might take and process your information could include:

When you register and log in

When you submit a quote or booking enquiry

When you make a booking using our websites or apps

When you provide information via our websites or apps, including when you fill in contact forms or enquiry forms

When you subscribe to any newsletters

When you complete a voluntary survey

When you send us feedback or report an issue with any of our services

When you reply to emails we've sent to you for marketing purposes

When you speak to us by telephone, email, post, or the instant chat pop-up on our website or apps

All customer reviews applied to business directories where our company is listed might be used in our website.

We also collect some information automatically when you visit our websites or use our apps. This can be:

Technical information, including:

The type of mobile device you use

Mobile network information

Your mobile Operating System

Your type of mobile browser

Your time zone setting

Information about your computer, including:

Your IP address, where possible

Your operating system and browser type - for system administration, and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about the browsing actions and patterns of all of our users, and does not identify you as an individual

Location data, weblogs, and other communication data, whether this is required for our own billing purposes or otherwise

The resources that you access

When you use our apps we may also use your phone's GPS or other location technology to determine where you are. This may happen when you use an app's instant chat function, or book a service using an app. Some services where location is enabled will require your personal data in order to work. In this case, you'll be notified and ask to confirm that we can use your data for this purpose. Navigate to the location settings on your device if you wish to opt out of this at any time.

The ways in which we might use your information

To confirm or manage your booking, quote, or enquiry request, or to set up your service with your service provider

To take care of any administration of your account

To handle any requests you might have relating to our services, products, and information

To complete the obligations we have in any contract we have with you

To discuss any comments, feedback, complaints, or questions you might have about us or our services

To tell you about changes to any of our services

So you can utilise interactive features of our services

To make sure that your device or computer can properly display the content of our websites and apps

To supply any information that we feel might interest you relating to our goods and services. We supply this information by post, telephone, email, or SMS. In the case of SMS, we will only do so if:

You have agreed to this

If the service or product is related to a similar item you were engaged in the sale or negotiation of sale with us about, and you haven't told us you don't want to receive similar messages

Or in circumstances where you have provided us with a company email address (or a similar circumstance where we can lawfully do so). Please contact us directly using the information at the foot of the page if you do not wish us to use your information in this way

The most likely use of your information will be to supply the service provider who will be delivering your services with all the details they need in order to complete your services properly. This information will probably include:

1. Your name, address, and phone number, or other contact details

2. Information regarding the services you require and your property, including any photographic information that you might have supplied

3. The non-binding quote we have given you

4. Your payment information

Some of the information we collect from you we use automatically, in order to:

Troubleshoot, conduct data analysis, test, research, and for statistical and survey purposes on our websites and apps, and for internal operations

Make sure that the content on our apps and websites is presented in the manner that's best for you, and your computer or device

Improve the efficiency and quality of our services and products

Let you make use of the interactive features of our websites and apps when you want to

Keep our websites and apps as safe and secure as possible

Deliver relevant advertising to you, and to check that the existing advertising we do is effective

Recommend or suggest services or goods that might interest you

The information that you give to us will be used in conjunction with the information we collect automatically, and the information we collect from other sources. The only ways in which we use this information are for the purposes described above.

Cookies Policy

We use cookies on our websites and apps in order to tell you apart from other users. This means we can tailor your experience to your needs more easily, and continue to improve the ways that we do so. Keep on reading to learn more about our Cookies Policy.

Where your personal data is stored

We store all of your data on secure servers located in Bulgaria. The information on these servers is protected by a level of security commensurate with the importance of the data.

On occasion, the data we collect from you may be stored at - or be transferred to - somewhere outside of the EEA (European Economic Area). This is only likely to be the case when it is processed by the staff of one of our suppliers operating outside of the EEA who are processing your booking, your payment details, or providing some other form of support for your services. When you submit your personal data to us, you are agreeing that this storage, transfer, and processing of the data is acceptable. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is safeguarded and treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

When you have chosen - or we have given you - a private password, you are responsible for keeping it secure and private. We strongly recommend not sharing your password with anyone.

We use PayPal and Stripe to process all payments made through our apps and websites. These third party payment processing services are encrypted using Secure Socket Layer technology. We do not store any credit card or debit card details in conjunction with your payment.

We will always do our best to protect your personal data, but any data transmitted using the internet cannot be completely secured. For this reason, any data you transmit to our apps or websites is sent at your own risk. As soon as we have accepted your information, we use the strictest security procedures in order to keep it safe.

Your information - disclosure

Any member of our group, which includes our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006, may have your personal data disclosed to them.

There are also certain circumstances in which we might disclose your personal information to third parties:

If we are legally obliged to

To enforce or apply our website Terms of Use, or the Terms and Conditions of our apps or other agreements

To protect the rights, property, or safety of Maps Plus Ltd., our customers, and others - usually for the purposes of preventing fraud

In the event that we sell or buy business assets we may disclose your information to the prospective seller or buyer

In the event that Maps Plus Ltd. or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, personal data it holds will be one of the transferred assets

To credit reference agencies or fraud prevention agencies in the event that you do not make payments that you owe regarding any services provided by your service provider. Or, similarly, to agencies responsible for tracing your whereabouts and recovering the debts. Information provided for these purposes may be shared with other agencies with a similar aim, or accessed by organisations in other jurisdictions

The rights you have

If you do not wish us to process your data for marketing purposes, you have the right to ask us not to do so. Before we collect data for this purpose we will usually inform you, but you can also exercise this right by getting in touch with us. You can find our contact information at the foot of the page.

The Data Protection Act 1998 gives you the right to access data held about you. You can exercise this right at any time by contacting us. If you request access we may charge you up to £10 in order to meet our costs in providing details regarding the information we hold about you.

Third-party websites and links to them

We occasionally have links to and from the websites of trusted partners and affiliates on our websites. If you follow these links, bear in mind that these websites will have their own privacy policies which we do not accept any responsibility or liability for. You should check these policies before you transmit any information to third-party websites. We would also always like to hear from you if you have any relevant feedback about third-party websites you've accessed via links on our websites.

How we change our Privacy Policy

If or when we change our Privacy Policy, we will update the information on this page. We will also sometimes place notices that we have done so elsewhere within our websites or apps where it can clearly be seen. By submitting your information to us, you consent to the use of that information as set out in this Privacy Policy.

You will be able to tell when we have changed our Privacy Policy by referring to the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. You should read any changes made to our Privacy Policy to make sure that you agree with them. When you use any of our goods or services following changes to this Privacy Policy you accept these changes.